Hughes Cuénod is, of this writing, still alive and kicking at age 102 in his native home of Vevey, Switzerland. The recordings featured on Fauré & Duparc: Mélodies were made in 1972, 1973, and 1978, and it is almost impossible to imagine that this is a singer who has achieved the advanced age of 70. There is no quaver in Cuénod's voice that is typical of older men -- ask anyone who has endured the bride's uncle singing "Sunrise, Sunset" at a typical wedding to realize what this means. The voice is small, and on occasion ...
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Hughes Cuénod is, of this writing, still alive and kicking at age 102 in his native home of Vevey, Switzerland. The recordings featured on Fauré & Duparc: Mélodies were made in 1972, 1973, and 1978, and it is almost impossible to imagine that this is a singer who has achieved the advanced age of 70. There is no quaver in Cuénod's voice that is typical of older men -- ask anyone who has endured the bride's uncle singing "Sunrise, Sunset" at a typical wedding to realize what this means. The voice is small, and on occasion drifts a bit flat, particularly in the lower registers, or in passages of music that are transitional in nature. Cuénod's sense of phrasing and timing, however, is exactly what these songs of Gabriel Fauré and Henri Duparc require, and his approach to these chansons combine sensitivity, expression, and humility into a whole that well serves the purpose of the music.Certain songs are performed better than others -- Cuénod's rendering of Après un rêve, for example, is fabulous, but his...
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